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IE C OMMISSIONERSfor VICTUALLING Ills .211.41E87'Y 'S de hereby give Notice, : Chat on Friday next, the 13th instant, they will be ready to 7*..eire Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for One liknzlred Thousand Gallons of WEST INDIA RUM, of the i'r"gth n / ' flee per Cent. u n d er proo f b y S ik es ' s Hydrometer; be delivered, one half thereof in the space of a fortnight, f t'ql the other hatf within a fortni,ght afterwards, into his Ma- I }sty's Victualling Stores at Deptford; —and for One Them sand Quarters of ENGLISH PEASE, to be delivered into the Stores aforesaid, in the space of one month, be, weekly pro rti°l's• The whole to be paid for by Bills payable, without "eV, Sixty Days after date. 77+e Conditions of the Conti acts may be seen at the &ere llres office. Z"egard will h e h a d to any Tender in which the Price 40 1 be inserted in Words at length, or that shall not he efii • 41. ed t to the Board before One o'clock on th e sa id F r id ay k`z ' •-•e lath, Instant ; nor unless the Person who makes the 4 ei 1 or some Pcrson on his behalf, attends, to answer Willed for. THE LOTTERY. rllO- THE PUBLIC.—T. BISH, C ontractor for the present Lottery, tal;:•s the earliest opportunity to publish the following Letter, received by him from the Treasury. regretting that any necessity should arise for alter ing the Days of Drawing - , after haring announced them for the 17th Instant (Saint Patrick's Day); and the 31st March. PARLIA ME NT. HOUSE OE LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH The Royal Marine Mutiny BiII, the Bank Tokens Penalty Suspension Bill, some Local and Private Bills, were brought up from the House of .Commons by Mr. Brogden, Mr. Egerton, Lord Althorp, Mr. Dngdale, Mr. Legh Keck, and other Members, and read a first time. The Earl of LAUDER DALE presented the peti tion complaining of the high price of Porter, known by the name of the Anti-Monopoly Peti tion, but there being. an informality in the 'node of signing it, the signatures not being under the peti►ion, his Lordship withdrew it. The Mutiny Bill, the Mutiny Act Mistake Bill, the West India Indemnity Bill, and the Kilmain haM Hospital Bill, were read a second time, at►il comniitted for to-morrow. (COPY.) " I am commamded by the Lords Commissioners of his Ma jesty's Treasury to acqoaint you, that as the 17th day of March (being the day fixed by their warrant of the Ist of January last for the Second Day's Drawing of the Third Lottery for the year 1817) will fall in Passion Week, they have been pleased to direct a warrant for substituting Thurs day, the 26th Instant, for the 17th of March; and Thursday, the 9th of April, for the 3ist of March, being the day fixed by their said former warrant for the Third Day's Drawing. " I am, &c. S. IL. L ITS I - I NGTON. "'fib T. Bish, Esq. 4, Corn bill." ARMY COYFRACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, Feb. 25, 1818. N oTicE is hereby given to all Persons desirous vi of Contracting- to supply the f o ll ow i ng A r ti c l es f or t h e e of the Army, IIitE AD, to his Maj es ty' s L an d F orces i n C antonments,' jj 4 Levi and Barracks, in th e und er - ment i one d C ounties and tot. - " :-- Beitford,'Berks (in c l u di ng th e Town of. Hunger ijd)' Berwick, Bu c k s , C ornwa ll (i nc l ud i ng Devon, ii °ts et, our ham (including Holy Island), Essex, Gloster (in -141(1i,Ig the Cityof Bristol), Elants, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Man, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancaster, Lincoln, Mid- Nloomouth, Norfolk, Northampton, Nottingham, Zf°6l, Rutland, Suffolk, Sorry, Sussex, Warwick, West "land Worcester, Wilts, York, City o f B a th an d i ts te -ra ` t Y, Ely and ditto, Carlisle and ditto, Chester and ditto ~ IL "r Taunton and ditto, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and ditto. , ) 1 ,, —sultry and ditto, Leicester and ditto, Derby and ditto. 4ker hanipton and ditto; North and South Wales, and in 11111.' sev eral Counties i n N ort h B r i tain. As also Bread to the °t/seliold Troops in London and its Vicinity te.ATS, t o hi s Majesty's. Cavalry in Ca n t onmen t s an d Quar tr.', in the under-mentioned C o unti es an d I s l an d s :— B edford, ". `" i vk, Bucks Chester, Derby, Durham, Gloster, Hereford, ' l ‘" , i, Hunt s , Li ncoln, Monmouth, Oxford, Rutland, `4floril. W estmoreland, Worcester, Bath and its Vicinity, 'r "f Ely and its Vicinity, Carlisle an d dit to; T own of e " is4 "v.S• and ditto, Leicester and ditto, Wolverhampton knit ditto; North and South Wales. l'elitA GE jtat , riz.—OATS, HAY , an d STRAW, to his Ma c'rAfr `‘‘rdr y Ba cks, and Oats in C an t onments an d tt `rs, in the under-mentioned Counties in South Bri tain -'"erlt‘s Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants (in shut. ' l )g the Isle of Wight), Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Isrfolk-, Northampt on , N ottingham, Suffolk, Surry, Sas itt4‘l'" Warwick, Wilt s , Y ork, Ordnance Barracks at Neweas -I,laun Tyne, and Oats, in the County of Northumberland, 1 ,""" of Ta un t on an d i ts Vicinity. And in the several Calm 's . in North Britain. 4 : 11 4t the Deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th 'tyc°l Apt it next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up and " - Tender for Anny Supplies," will be received at 11, : t OtEce on or hefoie Wednesday, the 25th day of March, none will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that "ft, if sent by Post, the Postage must be paid. "sals must be made separately for each County, Island, 1:1,-` 14 1 r e) exc ep t f or the Counties comprising North and South kt, t 4 :' 411 of WhiCil must he included in one Tender; as also tc.:lthe sereral Counties in North Britain ; and each Pro ainst have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender filled up, by Two Persons of known Property, en -4111„,4g t° become bound with the Party tendering in the s tated in the printed particulars, for the due Per t,. 4 44 " of the Contract ; and no Proposal will be no tor:"less made on a printed Tender, and the Prices ex ," i " Words at length ; and should it so happen that 5 . ,; 1,1 '! the c ontinuance of the Contract no Troops should be oo der th e Contract, the expense of the st am p s f or tr, te tr"lract aid Bond, paid in the first instance by the Con- N tt : 'ball b e refunded to him. at tt) of the Cont rac t s may b e h ad upon application '`'n(lat Nn:bers, between the Hours of Eleven and Five; ti:itoltt.the 011 ice o f D epu t y C omm i ssary General Young, p s. "411, tt,44l4eNnples of the Bread and !Veal may be seen at these ph,rgs between the hours of Twelve and Two. the attempts that uailT r jr l: l i ( nap.se tm manynnwaty a spurious '111',;(1 ilistead he Genuine Blacking, prep . ared i . by y4(itt..MARTIN, they have adopted a new lalt, sl in t e et , t ;: . .:, 97, High Holhotn, a i t s te s n o t o m osp t( i ) c y placed this, and the , that they trust an . I hr 14 1,. "f the type, which is me all.letter-press, will .4!irchasers at once to detect the iniposition. e , 41 Jap an B LACKING, made and sold Wholesale by ARPIN, 97, . High a st4, Booksellers,i nd n i m .eta n i , le e d rs b y t e h r i iu the United 1; p a nd is, each, Kingdom, ottles k 4 I';XCURSIONS THROUGH ENGLAND, &c. 1 This Day were publi s h e d , Nri t i r r ' of the E xcurs i ons through Essex, and No. 11. of tit 4 l l , l l . to be cont i nue d in Monthly Numb ers, eac h to / v p e , s, at least Eight Engravings and .i 6 P ages of Letter- J,,, Price 2s. (dd. in duod ec i mo , or 4s. in Octavo, with 0 , ! t opress,on s of the Plates. ",.' EXCURSIONS through the COUN- Op t i.X of ESSEX. SUFFOLK, and NORFOLK, will 01 \ ''.t (ye brief Historical and Topographical Delineations of , 1 l l' of Norwich, and every Town and Village; together .j,''',l,i),ts.'eriptions of t ' he Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, 1.,,,! of i, "f Antiqu,ty, and every other most interesting Oh 01%Os, -otiosity. Forming a complete Guide fur the Tra ,llOd Toui.ist through the three Counties. Illustrated 'tt t • `" . t'e Hundred Engray.ngs. Each County will be coin- ), 1.t,,',' 1 2 Numbers, and form a distinct Work. Hurst, Rees, ‘ , rine, and ,t.41:'..110n : Printed for Longman, Wilk?, J. Greig, Upper -street Islington •; and P.Youngman, 01, and Maldun, Est•e;: - . tA r ' ,, t. It. of Suffolk will h e Pu b lished in zufew days o t;iugr,,,ents are mde to sh the C"1 . 4141, d, Scotland, aud i t reland,p an ubli Oth er the same plan:" of i--es VSSENCE of SHRIMPS, a new and superior , ILIA SAUCE fur FISH' equal in strength t o E ssence o f Anchovies, but f ar excelling it in flavour, and has the ad vaiitage of not turning rancid. The immense demand for it is a convincing proof of the estimation it is held in by those who have tried it. The Proprietors flatter themselves, that wherever it is once used, it will obtain a pre-eminence ever all other Sauces for Fish. Math" hy C. Dinmore and Son and sold by T. Powell and Son, Holborn-hill, Corner of Hatton-garden. The Public are IN spectfully requested to observe, that each bottle has the signature of C. Dimbore and Son ; none other is ge nuine; this caution is necessary, as there is a spurious arti cle now on sale. I'UBLICATIONS. BUONAPARTE'S REPLY TO LORD BATHURST'S SPEECH. This Day were published, price 4s. OBSEUVATIONS ort LORD BATHURST'S SPEECH in the HOUSE of PEERS, on the 18th .larch, 1817, supported by Official Documents. Sent, Sealed, to Sir :Judson Lowe, to the Address of Lo►d Liverpool, on the 7th of October, 1817. • " I approve these Observations. I desire that they may be placed before the eyes cf the Sovereign and the people of England. (Signed) , " NAPOLEON. " Longwood, 9th October, 1817." Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orate, and Brown, London. This Day w,s puhlilied, in 3 Vols.l2mo. price 11. 4s. boards, 01i it A'NOVEL.-- ..k‘o By thy. AUTHOR o f WAVERLY , & c. For why? P,cause the good old'rule Suliceth them,—the simple plan That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can. Rob Roy's (dace.—Wordsworth. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co: Ethnburgh ; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Ormc, and Brown, London. Of whom way be bad, Waverly, 3 vols. 11. Is. Guy Alannering, 3 vols. 11. Is. The Antiquary, 3 vols. 11. 4s. METROPOLIS PAVING ACT. This Day were published, price is. 6d. sewed, es. half-bound or es. 6,1. bound in Red. a New Editi on o f KEARSLEY'I TAX t ABLES, for the Year 1818 ; containing the General Taxes, and a Supple ment, with the Acts of the Last Session relating to Ware house::, Shops, &c. benefit Clubs, Labourers' Wages, Saving Banks, Nary Agents, Prize-Money, Seamen's Aliowances, Innkeepers' Allowances, Game, Poaching, Arrests for Debt, and a copious Abstract of the' Metropolis Paving Act. London : Published by James Harper, 46, Fleet-street. • MR. HATSELL'S PRECEDENTS. This Day were published, Handsomely printed, in Four V 01111111.4, Quarto—(Vol. 1, Pri vilege; Voi. 2, 'Members, Speaker, &c. ; Vol. 3, Li.rds and Supply ; Vol. 4, Conference and Impeachment) ;—price 51. Ios. in hoards : x New Edition of NI R C E CI E l A M ' N E' G S E i lj n HOUSE P"E ( i )f' D C E O N NI . II B O S f P D R :( 1 1 i - - cated to Lord COLCHESTF. , •,. This Edition contains many additional Notes of recent Pro ceedings, illustrative of former Cases, and likewise all the interesting Cases which have arisen since the publication of the last edition. A new and systematic Index, adapted to Parliamentary business, is added to each Volume. Printed by Luke Hansard and Sons; and sold by Payne and Foss, Pall-mall Cadell and Davies, in the Strand ; add Clarke and Sons, Portugal -street, Lincoln's Inn. NeEDICINi RUPTURES; CURED AT THE MEDICAL BOARD. N consequence of the exten,ire practice of IL the Medical Board, at Charlotte House, Blackfriars road, Drs. COOPER, MUNROE:, and CO. hare, for the accommodation of patients residing at the West end of the Town, established another Medical Board in Woodstock street, Oxford-street, a few doors from Bond-street, where a Physician and Surgeon, Members of the Royal College of London, of thirty years expo' ience, constantly reside. That thousands have been restored to perfect health by their united talents is indisputable, after Hospitals had failed, many of wboin had been great sufferers from being impro perly treated by persons ignorant of the profession. Erup tions on the head, face, and body, ulcerated tin oat, swel lings in the neck, nodes on the shin bones, cancers, stric tures, fistulas, pains in the head and limbs, and ion vous dibility, are the consequence of an ill-cured contagion, and which symptoms frequently appear years after, and destroy domestic happiness. Messrs. Cooper, Munroe, and Co. are consulted .daily a both houses, or by letters from the country, stating particu lars, when medicine and the best advice will be sent to al parts of the kingdom. There are side doors at each house, and private rooms f or females. Advi ce gra ti s en Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday Mornings, until twelve o'clock. A CAUTION TO MOTHERS. T critical Sea son ' lik e t h e present, when rll,. Children are Teething, the utmost attention ought to be paid them, particularly as the Measles and Chin Cough are so prevalent. If the irritation of the Gum comes with any other disorder, very few lufants recover. Mot hers ought never to be without the AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUPin the Nursery, for if a Child wakes in the night with pains in its Gums, this valuaLle Medieitte applied will immediately open the pores, heal the Gums, and thereby prevent Fevers and Convulsions; for, should it come in competition with any other disorder, it often destroys the Mother's brightest hopes. Parents who may be dubious of the virtues of the SOOTHING SYRUP may refer to the different Cases that have appeared in the Newspapers for the last ten years. Since Mrs. JOHNSON has appropriated one hour twice a week, viz. from nine to ten o'clock on Tuesday and Saturday morning, to the Poor who have Children afflicted in cutting their Teeth, by bringing a Letter from a, Housekeeper, that the Mother is a real object of charity, has made it so univer sally known in almost every family where there are Young Children. Mrs. ,I. hopes so great a Charity will nut be abused, as it comes Out of her private purse. To be bad of the Proprietors, Johnson and Williams, N 0.94, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London; and, by their ap pointment, of all the principal Medicine Venders in Town and Country, at 2s. 9d. per Lottle. N.B. Be sure to ask for " Johnson and Williams's Sooth ing Syrup," CLIMBING BOYS. Petitions in favour of the Chimney Sweepers' Regulation Bill were presented by Lord HOLLAND, from Sunderland near the Sea ; and by Lord Vis count MELVILLE, from Woolwich.—Ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Bill. Lord AUCKLAND moved that an humble Address he presented to the Prince Regent, humbly pray ing that his Royal Highness would he graciously pleased tcygive directions to the Surveyor-General of the Board of Works to ascertain by experi ment the practicability of superseding the employ ment of Climbing Boys in the sweeping of chim nies by the use of machinery.—Ordered. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. BARCLAY rose to correct a mis-statement which had appeared in a Morning Newspaper, as to what. be had said on Tuesday night. He had not said that private individuals who might subscribe to form a capital for a brewing concern would be satisfied with a profit of ten per cent. What be had said was, that such persons would probably be contented with five per cent. The same Newspaper also represented him to have said that he knew one Company who bad pos sessed themselves of leases of public-houses to the value of half a million; whereas he had only said that they suppli e d public-homes the value o f whose leases would. amount to half a million. LEATHER TAX. Petitions against the Leather Tax were presented from the Tanners of the Town and County of Brecknock, of Heytes bury, of Warminster, and of Linlithgow ; which were all read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. RABINGTON presented a Petition from the Frame workers of Leicester, setting forth the distresses to which they were exposed, and praying for relief.—Read, and order ed•to lie on t he table. ' Mr. H. SUMNER presented a Petition from the Magis trates and Justices of Peace fur, the County of Surrey, pray ing that no further Grts.ht might be made to the City of Lon don from the Orphans' Fund.---. Read, and ordered to lie on the ;able. Petitions were presented from Dartmouth, Launceston, and Newport, praying that the Duty on Coals and (Am, carried Coastwise, might be repealed.—Read, and ordered to lie on the table. There were ordered to be laid before the Housp a Return of the Corn and Flour imported and exported during the years 1815, 1816, and 1817. Mr. JOHN S %lin! presented a Petition from the Church wardens. and Overseers of Three Parishes in Nottingham, complaining of the Poor Laws.—Read, and ordered to be refer red to the Committee on the Poor Laws. The Report of the Committee on the Irish Trade Acts was agreed to, and Bilis ordered accordingly. The Aqua Vitae License Bill was read a third time and passed. There, was ordered to be laid before the House, a Return of the number of Sayings Banks established throughout the Kingdom, pursuant to act of Parliament, and an Account of all Sums deposited and drawn from them since their esta hliihment. FEVER IN IRELAND. Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice, that on the SOth of April he would move for a Committee t inquire into the state of Ire land, so far as related to the Contagious Fever which had of late been so fatally prevalent in that country, and also rela tive to the situation of the unemployed poor in that country. He was sensible that a measure of this kind would be much more advantageously brought forward by the Executive Go vernment of Ireland, and therefore he would be very happy to :esign his motion into such hands. Mr. PEEL said, that he would long ago have brought be tore Parliament the subject mentioned by the Hon. Baronet, but for the absence of the greater number of those Irish Mem bers whose presence was most desirable in the discussion of it.. The l - pormurable Baronet would do hint the, justice to ad mit, that this subject had not escaped him, as he had sonic eionmunications with the Honourable Baronet himself upon it, and their opinions perfectly coincided. As to the state of the unemployed poor, it was a question which be thought certainly ought not to be mixed up with one so extensive and important as the other`. He was satisfied that the matter could not be in better hands than those of the Honourable Baronet, and therefore be should leave it there. Sir F. BURDETT presented Petitions from certain inhabi tants Irma Macclesfield, Preston, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying for Parliamentary Reform.—Read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Sir F. BURDETT then presented a petition from one James Seller, lately confined in Reading Gaol, complaining of the cruelties to which he bad been exposed.—B.cad, and ordered to lie un the Table. INDEMNITY BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee on the Indemnity Bill, Sir S. ItomILLY rose to oppose the Bill. He objected not only to the general principle of the Bill, hut to all its parts. When it was consider ed that the general object of all government was the administration of justice, and when it was re collected that the object of this Bill was to pre vent persons who :nay have been injured from having that remedy-which the law provided for them, be trusted the House would look well to the provisions of the Bill itself, as well as to the circumstances under which it was brought before the House. It must he admitted, that it was only in those extreme cases where the safety of the State was at stake that such an extraordinary measure should be resorted to. The House there fore ought to enter upon this with the solemnity 'to be observed in the exercise of judicial func tions—he said judicial, because the House was now called upon to decide upon the causes of a number of individuals, when they were in igno rance 'even of the very facts of their cases, and were called upon to decide in the dark—to de clare that the doors of our own Courts of justice should be closed against a number of individuals unknown, who had sustained unknown wrongs. These circumstances, however, were peCuliar to all Bills of Indemnity, and they ought to make the House extremely cautious how it decided up on them.' The present Bill might be said 'to rom prebend three different objects :—first, to indent ray his Majesty's Ministers againit the conse quences of acts done by them, not under the Sus pension Act, for that was itself an' indemnity against all things done tinder its authority, but in the execution of what they might have conceived to be their duty in preserving the peace of the country; secondly, to indemnify Magistrates for acts done by them in suppressing disorders ; thirdly, to protect those individuals who had given information to Government from the effects of having their information disclosed. As to the first of these objects, he were sure there were ,many MeMbers in the House who bad very much mistaken the nature of the Bill, especially two Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Marryatt and Mr. Pre. theme), both of whom, on a former evening, had said that they voted-in favour of the Bill, be cause they thought it the duty of . Parliament to protect Ministers for acts done by them • in the execution of those extraordinary powers commit ted by the Legislature into their hands. This was a great mistake. The Suspension Act was an indemnity for allproceedings authorised by it. It was stated in the Reports of the Secret Com mittees of both Houses, that one man had been. arrested for treason, or on suspicion of treason, but only upon information on 041 h. Indeed his Majesty's Ministers at times admitted that this Bill was not wanted. for themselves, but only to screen those persons who had given information. The statement that the committals had all been on information given on oath, was no satisfac tion to him. The persons who gave that infor mation did so, knowing that whether it was true or false, they would never be called to account for it ; indeed the Attorney-General bad actually said, that the informations had been given under a promise of secrecy. This was no warrant whatever for depriving any subject of his liberty, and to administer an oath to the in former ander such circumstances was a use less ceremony. He did not say that his Majesty's Ministers bad abused the powers en trusted to them ; but he did say there was no reason for saying that these powers had not been abused. One Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Preeinantle) who spoke on this subject on a former -evening, and who began his speech by professing his con sistency, said that there was no reason to accuse Ministers of the abuse of that power but what was founded on petitions presented to the House, every one of which had been disproved. This was one small mistake of the Hon. Gentleman, and it was no less than taking a denial for proof. It was to be recollected that the House was called upon to ; give protection to Magistrates for acts into the nature of which all examination was refused. This refusal Was as' much as telling the people out of doors—" You need present no more petitions to us." On a former evening, when it had been truly observed, that not one of his Majesty's Mi nisters took a part in the debate, the answer was, that it was not to be expected of Ministers that they should be over-ready to take part in a debate, the subject of which was their own conduct. And this answer was just. But how was it consistent with this that Ministers should have formed the very Committee that was to examine into their conduct, and even it might he said that they drew up the Report of that Committee ? It was absurd to say that the mode of electing tie Committee by ballot made it the less the Committee chosen by Ministers themselves, since it was notorious that the lists for the Committee were made out and distributed by Ministers ; indeed it appeared that out of 103 lists 97 were found by the Scru tineers to be in the same hand-writing. In pro gress of time it would probably be found more econotnical to have the lists for the ballots of such Committees - printed. And yet the Committee thus chosen was said not to be the Committee of Ministers. Mention bad been made of the pre cedents for Bills of this kind. So far as he knew (and he spoke with diffidence, because be had not been able to examine that part of the question so minutely as he wished) there was no instance of such a Bill of Indemnity as the present except that of 1501. It was tree that on the several other occa sions on which theHabeasCorpus had been suspend ed, the Suspension. Acts had been followed by Bills of Indemnity, but in none of these cases was the Indemnity Bill introduced as the consequence of the Suspension. After the Suspensions at the Re volution—the Rebellion of 1715—and that of 1745, there had been Acts of Indemnity, but they had no reference to the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus ; they were occasioned solely by the cir cumstances of extraordinary clanger to the coun try. No Act of Indemnity at all followed time Sus pension at the time of Atterbury's conspiracy, or that which took place during the American war. As to the second object of the Bill—the protec tion of the Magistrates, he would ask whether the House was not taken by surprise in find ing any provision upon this subject in the Bill ? The only case in which it Appeared that the Magistrates had exercised extraordinary pow ers was in the proceedings at Manchester ; and there the prisoners were dismissed, and not brought, to trial. But the Statute of George the Second was sufficient indemnity to Magistrates in such a case. Why was the effect pf the Bill carried back to all proceedings since the 26th of January, 1817 ? There was something. black sad mysteri ous in this, which Ministers were afraid to dis close. One part of the. Bill had been most just ly animadverted upon, namely, that which justi fied the seizing ot.papers. In the whole of our law books there was no judgment to he found which had given more general satisfaction than that memorable one of the late Lord Camden Iv .....